Everyday students will be presented with a warm-up question that relates to that particular lesson, and students will write a short response in their notebooks. The warm-up question will be discussed and students will have the opportunity to share their responses. I will always write student's responses on the chalkboard in the form of a bulleted list and keep them on the board throughout the class so that we can return to them throughout the lesson if need be.
Many of the lessons in the unit have students work in groups on in-class assignments, though students will work independently on some activities. Students' class work will typically be collected and graded.
Students will:
Lesson 1= Compose a list of what a plant needs and what humans need and where they/we get these if they know, draw a picture of how energy is stored and released, and discuss how autotrophs and heterotrophs similarities and differences.
Lesson 2= Have a discussion about where a tree's increase in mass comes from, as well as a graph of the visible light spectrum. They will also complete a graphic organizer regarding the scientist research experiment, formulate their first version of the photosynthetic story, drawings of their observations of the microscope slides in their lab notebooks, and the end of the class 3,2,1 exit slip.
Lesson 3= Have a lab notebook check and they will hand in their Report Sheets from the chromatography experiment (the lab notebook should include: hypothesis, procedure, data table, conclusions and analysis of data), the post-lab mini-quiz (quizzle), and their first version of the light-dependent reactions storyboard.
Lesson 4= Complete a photosystems coloring worksheet, cyclic and noncyclic electron transport Venn diagram, and have a pre-lab notebook check.
Lesson 5= Complete the second version of the story of photosynthesis, the compare and contrast light-dependent and light-independent reactions, and the chemiosmosis coloring worksheet.
Lesson 6= Complete the third version of the story of photosynthesis, and the lab report sheet for the rate of photosynthesis lab.
Many of the lessons in the unit have students work in groups on in-class assignments, though students will work independently on some activities. Students' class work will typically be collected and graded.
Students will:
Lesson 1= Compose a list of what a plant needs and what humans need and where they/we get these if they know, draw a picture of how energy is stored and released, and discuss how autotrophs and heterotrophs similarities and differences.
Lesson 2= Have a discussion about where a tree's increase in mass comes from, as well as a graph of the visible light spectrum. They will also complete a graphic organizer regarding the scientist research experiment, formulate their first version of the photosynthetic story, drawings of their observations of the microscope slides in their lab notebooks, and the end of the class 3,2,1 exit slip.
Lesson 3= Have a lab notebook check and they will hand in their Report Sheets from the chromatography experiment (the lab notebook should include: hypothesis, procedure, data table, conclusions and analysis of data), the post-lab mini-quiz (quizzle), and their first version of the light-dependent reactions storyboard.
Lesson 4= Complete a photosystems coloring worksheet, cyclic and noncyclic electron transport Venn diagram, and have a pre-lab notebook check.
Lesson 5= Complete the second version of the story of photosynthesis, the compare and contrast light-dependent and light-independent reactions, and the chemiosmosis coloring worksheet.
Lesson 6= Complete the third version of the story of photosynthesis, and the lab report sheet for the rate of photosynthesis lab.
Lesson 7= Complete the dichotomous key activity.
Lesson 8= Summative assessment lesson.